Hat tip to commenter Mark who pointed to a local Channel 5 news story (click the headline on the right: "40,000 Square Feet of Office Space Becomes Red Cross Shelter" for the video) about a plan to use the immense empty office space at the Factory in Franklin, TN as a Red Cross shelter. Despite some beautiful, progressive, non-millionaire friends and family that live in Franklin, it is the epitome of wealthy, conservative white suburbia. So, I wasn't surprised to hear that many complained to the mayor about introducing potential criminals (read, black people) into the community. I was pleasantly surprised to hear the tone of the mayor's forceful response:
“If you don't like that we're bringing people from the Gulf Coast here,” Miller says, “you can move.”Any Republican fights an uphill battle trying to win my vote, but that's a pretty good way to start.
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